The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-15

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mo once, am not called TO trust him again
II a man betray me once, am not called O.
put confidence In him again. But woult
have no rest II | could not offer sincer
prayer FOR the temporal and everlasting wei
fare OF all men, whatever meanness
ana outrage they have inflicted upon
NE, II you want to get your heart
right, strike match and burn up all your
Old gruiges and blow the ashes away, al
you forgive not men their trespasses neithe,
will your heavenly Father forgive you YOU
trespasses,n An old Christian black woman
was going along the streets of New Aort
with basket of apples that she had for sale
A rough sailor ran against her and upset the
basket and stood back expecting to hear hei
picked NJ the apples and said: "God forgive
you, my son, as do,n The sailor saw the
meanness of what he had done and felt in
his pocket for his money, and insisted that
she should take it all. Though she was black
he called her mother and said; "Forgive
me, mother; l will never do anything SC
mean again. All! there is a power in a for
giving. spirit to overcome all hardness.
There is no way OF conquering men like that
of bestowing upon thom your pardon,
whether they will accept it or not.
Again, right heart is an eNpectant heart
II is poor business to he building castles in
the air. Enjoy what you have now. Don't
spoil your comfort in the small house be-
cause you expect a larger one Don't fret
about your income when it is So or "A per day
because you expect to have after awhile
$40 per day,or $4,000 year. because you ex-
pect it to be $4,000 year, But about heav-
emily things, the more we think the better.
Those castles are not in the air, but ON the
hills, and we have deed of them in our posses.
slon l like to see a man all full of heaven.
lie talks heaven. He sings heaven He
prays heaven. He dreams heaven. Some of
us in our sleep have had the good place open
to us, We saw the pinnacles in the sky. We
heard the click OF the hoofs of the white
horses on which victors rode, and the clap
ping of the cymbals of eternal triumph. And
while in our sleep we We're glad that all our
sorlo ws were over, and burdens done
with, the throne of God grew winter, winter
and whittier, till we opened our eyes and saw
that it was only the sun of the earthly morn
ing shining ON our pillow. To have right
heart You need to be filed with this expec-
fancy. 1t would make your privations and
annoyances more bearable.
Some talk of heaven as though it We're a
handsome church, where a few favored spir-
its would coma in and sit down on finely
cushioned seats ali by themselves and sing
psalms to all eternity. No, no. 81 saw a
great multitude that no man could number
standing before the throne. He that talked
city and it was l.. 900 furlongs"-that is, 1900
miles in circumference, Ali heaven is not a
little colony at one corner of Co.'s do
mlnlon where mans entrance depends upon
what kind of clothes he has on his back and
how much money he has in his purse, hut a
vast empire. God grant that the light of
that blessed world may shine upon us in our
last moment.
The toughest time we had in crossing the
ocean was at the mouth of Liverpool harbor
We arrived at nightfall and We're obliged to
lie there till the morning waiting for the
rising of the tide before we could 20 up to
the city. How the vessel pitched and
writhed in the water! So sometimes the last
illness of the Christian is a struggle. He is
toss the soul, but he waits for the
morning. At last the light DAVIS and the
tides OF joy arise in his soul and he sails up
and casts anchor within the veil
Is thy heart right? What question can
compare with this in importance.
1t is a business question. Do you not realize
that you will soon have to go out of that
store; that you will soon have to resign that
that soon among all the millions
Of dollars worth of gools that are sold in
New York you will not have the handling of
n yard of cloth, or pound Of sugar, or a pen
nyworth of anything; that soon if a confa-
grafton should start at Central Park and
sweep everything to the Battery, it would
not disturb you; that soon if every cashier
should abscond, and every insurance COM
pany should fail it would not affect you'
w hat are the questions that stop this side the
grave compared with the questions that
reach beyond it' Are youmaking losses that
are to be everlasting: Are you making pur-
chases for eternity! Are you iobbng for
time when you might be wholesaling for
eternity: What question of the store is so
broad at the base and SO altitudinous and so
overwhelming as the question: is thy heart
right3n
Or is it domestic question. Is it some
thing about father, or mother, or companion,
Dr. son, or daughter, that you think is com
parable with this question in Importance: Do
-ou not realize that by universal and inexor-
lble law all these relations will be broken ups
our father will be gone, your mother will
,e gone, your companion will be gone, your
hid will be gone, you will be gone: and then
his supernal question will begin to harvest
is chief gains, or deplore its worst losses roll
Up into its mightlest magnitude, or sweep its
asst circles. What difference now does it
make to Napoleon III whether he triumphed |
n surrendered at Sedan' whether he lived at |
he Tuileries or at Chiselhurst! whether he |
vas Emperor or exile! They laid him out in |
us coffin iii the dress of field marshal Did |
hat give him any better chance for the next |
1orld than if he had been laid out in |
plain shrouds And soon to us
a this world we rode OF walked, |
we're bowed to or matreated, were
pplauded or hissel at, were welcomed in or
licked out, while laying hold of every mo-
lieut. OF the great future and burning in all |
ne splendor of grief and overarching and
ndergoing all time and all eternity is the
lain, simple, practical, thrilling, agonizing,
question: is thy heart right.'
lave you within you repentant heart. an
xpectant heart! If not | must write upon
our soul what George Whitefeld wrote
pom the window pane with his diamond |
ing. He tarried in an elegant house over
light, but found that there was no God |
in that house Before he left his
Dom in the morning with his ring he wrote
pom the window pane: Zone thing thou
ackest" After the guest was gone the
ow and saw the inscription and called her
ushand and her chllren, and God, through
lat ministry of the window glass, brought
lem all to Jesus. Though you may to-day
e surrounded by comforj and luxuries, and
eel that you have reed of nothing, if
on are not the children of God, with
be signet ring of Christ's love, let me in
cribe upon your souls: Zone thing thou
lckest' pray you that, whatever else you
|
DO bright home to lose. Yolr soul has
cen bought at too dear a price. preach to
on of the blood that cleansoth from all sin.
asting all your sins behind you, | beg of
on to start this morning for the kingdom.
Yes" you say, II will start, but not now"
William LII made proclamation, when there
7as revolution in the north of Scotland,
hat all who came and took the oath of allie
lance by the 3ist of December should be
ardoned. MacIan, chieftan of promi-
ent clan, resolved to return with the rest of
he rebels. but had some pride in being the
cry last one that should take the oath. He
starting for this purpose until two
avs before the expiration of the term. A
now storm impedel his way. and before he
OF up to take the oath and receive pardon
rom the throne the time was up and past.
While the others were set free, MacIan was
liserably put to death He started too late
nd arrived too late. In like manner some
f you are in prospect of losing forever the
mnesty of the Gospel. Many of you are
Ding to be forever too late Remember the
mistake of MacIan!
Perils of the Sea.
The schooner Nellie S. Jerrell Can't. Van
am, bound from Baltimore to Wareham.
lass, with oyster shells, was sunk on the 9th
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